Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

The movie's title was only a partial clue; the opening scene of airmen lounging by a plane wreck in the Libyan desert, and talking of their life in that inhospitable wilderness for the preceding 17 years, immediately alert you that we're venturing into 'Twilight Zone' territory. Except that this film is more about the twilight zone of the conscience of a guilt-wracked man: a man who'd suppressed his guilt for 17 years, but is now being forced to confront it, publicly, and by men who had come to respect him.There's so much that's admirable about this film it's hard to know exactly where to start: I suppose everything has to start with the script, which is superb, as is its editing, structure, and direction. Using the ghosts of dead men as both commentators and judge and jury of the navigator who'd abandoned them is an inspired choice, as is leavening the drama and tragedy with the comic relief they provide, a relief derived partly from their tacit recognition of their powerlessness.At times it plays like a detective story, too, as the most likely scenarios are assessed, and as pressure is brought to bear upon the Major leading the enquiry, reminding him of the necessity to think of his career, and of the distinguished officer whose career and reputation he may be about to damage, irreversibly, should he make the wrong conclusions. Until we learn of the mistake the major had himself made.Inevitably a decision had to be made, but even then the director and screenwriter found a way to ingest a little poetry: those beautiful, elegiac final scenes, where the ghosts feel their immortality slipping away, were a fitting end to a wholly admirable piece of work.It was interesting that I would have first become aware of two of the three leads playing commanding officers in science-fiction ships of different eras - respectively Richard Basehart, as the general (Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea), and William Shatner (Star Trek). Unsurprisingly, Basehart, being the more feted actor, shone brightest here, but Shatner acquitted himself well as the pragmatic enquiry leader, focused on his career, and his imminent pension. Vince Edwards did well, also, as the major, with his own debt to pay.

It has been years since I saw this film, but it has always stood out as a great story about the planes and crews of World War II who never returned from their missions.Is it possible that the crews of these lost planes might be ghosts, hoping that one day they will be found so their spirits can be put to rest? What do these ghosts do to pass the time while they wait to be found? I always remember the scene where the ghosts of the dead airmen are playing baseball while listening to the investigating team as they examine the crash site. The current news they hear is that the Dodgers and the Giants have moved to the West Coast. The story keeps the viewer in suspense as you wonder if the "sole survivor" will be found out and if the bodies of the dead airmen will be recovered. An exceptional piece of work...

I remember seeing this as a TV movie quite some time ago, but never forgot it. A great bit of storytelling in the way it carefully meters out the details that expose the truth, both through factual and paranormal elements.William Shatner is dependable as always, and a great ensemble cast portrays the timeless crew members, but Richard Baseheart delivers a truly great performance as a man haunted by his past, stuck upon the horns of overwhelming guilt and pride as he grapples with the revelation of a truth that will destroy not only his career, but ultimately, will be his undoing as well.I saw an old Twilight Zone episode today called "King Nine Won't Be Coming Back" that seems like it is either based on the same B-24 discovery that spawned "Sole Survivor", or perhaps was an inspiration to this movie. The story line was so similar as to make it seem like more than a coincidence. In any event, the two of them would be enjoyable to view together.

Well, unlike some comments, for some reason, I have always known the title... But like many, I've only seen it ONCE.Why this post -- SciFi channel running the Twilight Zone episode that just barely reminds one of the movie.Soul Survivor is one movie that, if not to be available on DVD, would be a viable movie for showing on the SciFi channel... Though I think I'd prefer DVD.Like others, this is a movie that STICKS with one... It is hard to forget -- even after 35 years. (ouch... to think that I was less than 15 at the time... and didn't even recognize Shatner!)